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  President Richard Nixon resigned his office on August 9, 1974. His decision followed the revelation that five men connected to the Nixon administration were caught breaking into the headquarters of the opposing political party. At the time of Nixon’s resignation, proceedings had already begun in Congress to impeach him and seemed likely to succeed.

  Good evening. This is the 37th time I have spoken to you

  from this office, where so many decisions have been made

  that shaped the history of this Nation. Each time I have done

  so to discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the

  national interest. Throughout the long and difficult period of

  Watergate, I have felt it was my duty to persevere—to make

  every possible effort to complete the term of office to which

  you elected me. In the past few days, however, it has become

  evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political

  base in the Congress to justify continuing that effort. As long

  as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary

  to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion;

  that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that

  deliberately difficult process, and a dangerously destabilizing

  precedent for the future. But with the disappearance of that

  base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been

  served. And there is no longer a need for the process to be

  prolonged.

  I would have preferred to carry through to the finish,

  whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my

  family unanimously urged me to do so. But the interests of

  the nation must always come before any personal

  considerations. From the discussions I have had with

  Congressional and other leaders I have concluded that

  because of the Watergate matter I might not have the support

  of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the

  very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office

  in the way the interests of the nation will require.

  I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my

  term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

  But as President, I must put the interests of America first.

  America needs a full-time President and a full-time

  Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at

  home and abroad. To continue to fight through the months

  ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally

  absorb the time and attention of both the President and the

  Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the

  great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation

  at home. Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at

  noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as

  President at that hour in this office.

  By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the

  start of that process of healing which is so desperately

  needed in America. I regret deeply any injuries that may

  have been done in the course of the events that led to this

  decision. I would say only that if some of my Judgments

  were wrong, and some were wrong, they were made in what

  I believed at the time to be the best interest of the Nation.

  As I recall the high hopes for America with which we

  began this second term, I feel a great sadness that I will not

  be here in this office working on your behalf to achieve those

  hopes in the next two and a half years. But in turning over

  direction of the Government to Vice President Ford, I know,

  as I told the nation when I nominated him for that office ten

  months ago, that the leadership of America would be in good

  hands.

  So let us all now join together in affirming that common

  commitment and in helping our new President succeed for

  the benefit of all Americans. I shall leave this office with

  regret at not completing my term but with gratitude for the

  privilege of serving as your President for the past five and a

  half years. These years have been a momentous time in the

  history of our nation and the world. They have been a time of

  achievement in which we can all be proud, achievements that

  represent the shared efforts of the administration, the

  Congress and the people. But the challenges ahead are

  equally great. And they, too, will require the support and the

  efforts of the Congress and the people, working in

  cooperation with the new Administration.

  May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

  題目：

  Nixon’s primary purpose in delivering this speech was most likely to

  (A) ask the American public for their forgiveness for his mistakes.

  (B) announce his resignation and offer an explanation to the public.

  (C) condemn the press for trying him in the court of public opinion before all the facts were available.

  (D) express his full confidence in Vice President Ford.

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  Practice

  This passage is adapted from Edith Wharton, The House of

  Mirth, originally published in 1905.

  Selden paused in surprise. In the afternoon rush of the

  Grand Central Station his eyes had been refreshed by the

  sight of Miss Lily Bart.

  It was a Monday in early September, and he was

  returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but

  what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? If she had

  appeared to be catching a train, he might have inferred that

  he had come on her in the act of transition between one and

  another of the country-houses which disputed her presence

  after the close of the Newport season; but her desultory air

  perplexed him. She stood apart from the crowd, letting it

  drift by her to the platform or the street, and wearing an air

  of irresolution which might, as he surmised, be the mask of a

  very definite purpose. It struck him at once that she was

  waiting for someone, but he hardly knew why the idea

  arrested him. There was nothing new about Lily Bart, yet he

  could never see her without a faint movement of interest: it

  was characteristic of her that she always roused speculation,

  that her simplest acts seemed the result of far-reaching

  intentions.

  An impulse of curiosity made him turn out of his direct

  line to the door, and stroll past her. He knew that if she did

  not wish to be seen she would contrive to elude him; and it

  amused him to think of putting her skill to the test.

  “Mr. Selden—what good luck!”

  She came forward smiling, eager almost, in her resolve to

  intercept him. One or two persons, in brushing past them,

  lingered to look; for Miss Bart was a figure to arrest even the

  suburban traveler rushing to his last train.

  Selden had never seen her more radiant. Her vivid head,

  relieved against the dull tints of the crowd, made her more

  conspicuous than in a ball-room, and under her dark hat and

  veil she regained the girlish smoothness, the purity of tint,

  that she was beginning to lose after eleven years of late hours

  and indefatigable dancing. Was it really eleven years, Selden

  found himself wondering, and had she indeed reached the

  nine-and-twentieth birthday with which her rivals credited

  her?

  “What luck!” she repeated. “How nice of you to come to

  my rescue!”

  He responded joyfully that to do so was his mission in

  life, and asked what form the rescue was to take.

  “Oh, almost any—even to sitting on a bench and talking

  to me. One sits out a cotillion—why not sit out a train? It

  isn't a bit hotter here than in Mrs. Van Osburgh's

  conservatory—and some of the women are not a bit uglier.”

  She broke off, laughing, to explain that she had come up to

  town from Tuxedo, on her way to the Gus Trenors' at

  Bellomont, and had missed the three-fifteen train to

  Rhinebeck. “And there isn't another till half-past five.” She

  consulted the little jeweled watch among her laces. “Just two

  hours to wait. And I don't know what to do with myself. My

  maid came up this morning to do some shopping for me, and

  was to go on to Bellomont at one o'clock, and my aunt's

  house is closed, and I don't know a soul in town.” She

  glanced plaintively about the station. “It is hotter than Mrs.

  Van Osburgh's, after all. If you can spare the time, do take

  me somewhere for a breath of air.”

  He declared himself entirely at her disposal: the

  adventure struck him as diverting. As a spectator, he had

  always enjoyed Lily Bart; and his course lay so far out of her

  orbit that it amused him to be drawn for a moment into the

  sudden intimacy which her proposal implied.

  題目1：

  Which of the following provides the most reasonable summary of the passage?

  (A) Two close friends meet to spend the day together.

  (B) A traveler notices a woman acting suspiciously.

  (C) Two acquaintances unexpectedly run into one another.

  (D) A couple prepare to board a train for a romantic getaway.

  題目2：

  Selden’s attitude towards Lily Bart is primarily one of

  (A) attraction.

  (B) fascination.

  (C) disdain.

  (D) pity.

  題目3：

  Over the course of the passage, the main focus of the narrative shifts from the

  (A) grim and suspicious attitude of one character to the gregarious behavior of another.

  (B) meticulous plans laid by one character to the carefree adventures enjoyed by another.

  (C) appreciation of abstract beauty to the enjoyment of living in the moment.

  (D) private thoughts of one character about another to a friendly interaction between the two.

  答案：CBD

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